Re: A quick question for one of our kind Chinese members...
Robyn Paterson (rpaterson@sprint.ca)
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:14:58 -0500
"A.T." wrote:
> correct. Thank you.
> Alan.
Sorry about that, I should have worded my question more clearly I guess.
Gomen!
Later!
>
> "Califf, Jennifer" wrote:
> >
> > On Monday, February 22, 1999 12:27 AM, Hank Wong
> > [SMTP:hankwong@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU] wrote:
> > > On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, A.T. wrote:
> > >
> > > > I do not know where you get the idea that TONG is a chinese name...it is
> > > > a very old English name ...the chinese version is usually prefixed as AH
> > > > Tong or Yee Tong etc. Tong by itself in chinese is the name of a group
> > > > or cult. excuse the time to reply as I have just returned from visiting
> > > > the Town clled TONG in England from whence my forefathers came from. In
> > > > the Auckland NZ telephone directory there are many europeans listed
> > > > under this name which is also spleed Tonge and occassionally Tongue.
> > > > regards
> > > > Alan Tong
> > >
> > > Yep this is way off topic, but Tong, like Lee and Young, can be either a
> > > Chinese or a Western last name.
> > >
> >
> > My guess here is that Mr. Tong saw the letter and thought it was
> > personally addressed to him under the assumption that he was Chinese,
> > not realizing that the letter was a query addressed to the entire list.
> >
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